Journalism fellowship open [Worldwide]

Journalists with at least two years of experience and fluency in English and at least one other language can apply for a fellowship in New York.

The Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University (NYU) is seeking applications for the World Journalist Fellowship.

The fellowship provides international journalists with two semesters of funding to study at one of the master’s programs at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, as well as a US$14,000 stipend.

Fellows can choose one of nine concentrations: business and economic reporting; cultural reporting and criticism; global and joint program studies; literary reportage; magazine writing; news and documentary; reporting the nation and New York; science, health and environmental reporting; and Studio 20.

Candidates must also complete the application for the graduate program of their choice. The GRE and TOEFL are required tests for admission to NYU. Applicants have until Jan. 24, 2019 to take their tests.

The deadline is Jan. 4, 2019.

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Digital lab offers funds for multimedia projects [Sub-Saharan Africa]

Multimedia content creators in need of partners and financial support are invited to submit a pitch.

Digital Lab Africa aims to provide a springboard for African talent in multimedia creation with the support of French leading companies.

The call for projects has five categories: web creation, virtual reality, video game, digital music and animation.

Winners in each category will receive ZAR 42,000 (US$2,994) and an incubation ticket for Digital Lab Africa to support the development of their project.

The deadline is Jan. 13, 2019.

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Vacancy:Thomson Reuters seeks data journalist [UK]

Experienced data journalists can apply for this position.

Thomson Reuters is looking for a reporter to join its data journalism team in London.

Responsibilities include producing deeply reported, data-driven stories, either alone or in collaboration with others, with a primary focus on Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

Candidates must have a portfolio of stories that dug deeply into a revealing topic, a mastery of highly complex data sets as well as experience managing confidential tip lines, producing audio and video to enhance written narratives and verifying videos and images and investigating social media.

The deadline is Dec. 14.

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Mostra Lugar de Mulher é no Cinema seeks film submissions by women [Brazil]

Short films directed, scripted or produced by women or centering around a woman protagonist can participate in this festival.

The Mostra Lugar de Mulher é no Cinema will take place March 25 to 31, 2019 in Salvador. The event is organized by producers Segredo Filmes, Olho de Vidro Produções and Moara Rocha Produções.

The festival seeks to give visibility to the production of women on a diversity of themes, approaches and genres, in addition to promoting discussions that expose violence and intolerance against women.

Entries can be fiction, documentary, animation, experimental or hybrid films that are less than 20 minutes long.

The competition features trophies for best film, best screenplay, best director, best actress and best animation as well as the Marielle Franco Special Award for the best film on human rights.

The deadline is Dec. 31.

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Reportagen Magazine accepting stories amplifying reporters' voices [Worldwide]

Journalists anywhere can enter in this international contest.

Reportagen Magazine, with the support of Bern Welcome, organizes the True Story Award, a journalism prize that aims to make reporters’ voices known beyond the borders of their home countries and to increase the diversity of perspectives offered by the media.

Works can be submitted in 12 languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Persian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. Works written in other languages must be translated into English and submitted in the categories "Europe" or "World."

Texts of 3,000 to 17,000 words published in print or online between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2018 are eligible.

A jury consisting of 50 members from 29 countries will select the best 42 texts, whose authors will travel to Bern, Switzerland, for the award ceremony. Three winners will receive CHF30,000 (US$29,986), CHF20,000 (US$19,991) and CHF10,000 (US$9,995) each.

The deadline to apply is Jan. 10, 2019.

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